Objectives
Acquiring in-depth knowledge on how society is formed and how it functions, especially in the field of labour organization, on a wide range of concepts, theories, ideas and methodologies that allow students to critically formulate ontologies of the social work and epistemologies through which to understand it, as well as acquiring a coherent set of research methods and techniques to enable them to obtain and analyse quantitative, qualitative and ethnographic data;
The development of technical skills required by jobs such as documentarist, individual interview operator, collective interview moderator, data analyst etc.;
The ability to initiate, conceptualise, design, conduct and complete sociological surveys or studies: problematization, choosing a research field (population, sample, subjects), design, operalisation, data collection and analysis (e.g. quantitative or qualitative evaluation of a program; identification of resources and obstacles in developing a community etc.);
Developing a set of transferable lifelong attitudes and skills (cognitive, communication, interactional and civic, self-knowledge and self-organization) which are appreciated by employers and community members;
Acquiring transferable knowledge and skills that will allow students to navigate their education and career, respectively to continue their studies in a master’s degree in sociology/anthropology or a related discipline (psychology, economics, political science, communication, education, legal studies) in the country or abroad.
Acquired competencies
Design and implementation of sociological research (collection, processing and analysis of social data) in organizations and communities, cultural research, market research etc.
management of social data systems
diagnosis of the organizational environment
appropriate use of the applied sociological perspective
identifying the development needs of human resources in the organization by applying specific methods
analysing the interaction between human resource and management